Reply #33: Hate Crimes extend to threats, and inciteful hate speech..

[hlthe2b]

That is not what is meant by free speech. I'm not saying they should be prosecuted. I don't know the laws that apply in G. Britain. But, I certainly would not be defending their cowardly hateful actions. That disgusts me.

You might consider how this is different from the intimidation intended by those who would burn crosses in a black family's yard. The Supreme Court ruled on April 7, 2003, that a state does have the right to ban cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, but it cannot write a law that stipulates that any cross burning is evidence of an intent to intimidate.

Thus, it is not at all clear that burning Korans would always be construed as legally protected "free speech." Even in the US>.